| Han 1 (hän) n. pl. Han or Hans A member of the principal ethnic group of China, constituting about 93 percent of the population, especially as distinguished from Manchus, Mongols, Huis, and other minority nationalities. Also called Chinese, Han Chinese. [Chinese (Mandarin) Hàn.] |
| Han 2 (hän) A Chinese dynasty (206 b.c.-a.d. 220) noted for unifying and expanding its national territory and for promoting literature and the arts. [Chinese (Mandarin) Hàn.] |
Han [hæn]
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(Placename) a river in E central China, rising in S Shaanxi and flowing southeast through Hubei to the Yangtze River at Wuhan. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles)
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1. (Biography 206 bc to 221 ad) the imperial dynasty that ruled China for most of the time from 206 bc to 221 ad, expanding its territory and developing its bureaucracy
2. (Social Science / Peoples) the Chinese people as contrasted to Mongols, Manchus, etc.
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| Noun | 1. |  Han - imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilizationdynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family |
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